looking for guidance

im new to the affiliate marketing scene. althought i bought pl almost 8 months ago, i was a little skeptical about it. i've been following up on this forum for about the same amount of time and im impressed with what i've been reading. i admire Newbie Shield and happywife because it seems like there pros and speak from the heart. anyway, im finally ready to get started and need to know the basics. any help is welcome and appreciated

My advice would be to read the entire course starting at the top of the left nav menu and working your way all the way down. Make sure that you read all of the ebooks and watch the vids as well.

Then read everything across the top nav menu starting on the left and working to the right.

When you are done with the whole course (might take around three months if you spend 3 or more hours each day) come in here and ask questions.

The important thing is to finish the whole course before you try anything. Then you can go back to specific sections and ask questions as you plan your first campaign.

You can try some things out with free web 2.0 sites such as blogs, Hub Pages, Squidoo, and the like. You will learn from your mistakes without spending any money.

By the time you have played around with the free sites for about six months or a bit more, you should be ready for self-hosting. It's better to make mistakes and learn from them on the free sites than to blow your whole campaign on a self-hosted site.

Take notes from PL as you go. You can also type up business ideas as you think of them.